The game was played with three 15 minute periods.
Team B’s starting line up consisted of Brett Hull, Pavel Datsyuk, and Boyd Devereaux up front. Starting on defense were Chris Chelios and Jesse Wallin. Manny Legace was in goal.
Team C’s starting line up consisted of Kris Draper, Igor Larionov, and Luc Robitaille up front. Starting on defense were Mathieu Dandenault and summer prospect acquisition Danny Groulx. Starting in goal was prospect Joey MacDonald.
Team B’s line consisting of Devereaux, Sean Avery and Bryan Adams had several good opportunities half way through the first period but couldn’t get the puck past MacDonald.
Finally, with just over three minutes left in the first period Joel Ward put the puck over MacDonald’s right shoulder.
Nick Parillo and Avery had a few words with each other early in the second period. One of the linesmen grabbed a hold of Parillo keeping him away from Avery as they still yapped. Finally, the linesman let Parillo go and they dropped the gloves. Both managed to pull off each other’s jersey and helmet before the linesmen again separated them and sent them both to the box for fighting.
Dandenault scored the only goal for Team C four and a half minutes into the second period. Draper took the first shot which Legace stopped but Dandenault pushed the puck through Legace’s pads into the goal.
Twenty-two seconds after Dandenault’s goal Team C recieved two penalties. Larionov and Groulx each got a minor penalty. Larionov went to the box for tripping and Groulx for holding.
Thirty-eight seconds into the power play Devereaux scored. Datsyuk had won the faceoff drawing the puck back to Chelios who passed across to Wallin. Wallin passed the puck to Devereaux who shot the puck past MacDonald’s stick on the far side.
Prospects Aaron Van Leusen and Rob Collins each scored a goal in the third period for Team B.
After the game Chelios waited outside the locker room to hear what the winning team’s reward would be. Assistant coach Joey Kocur and trainer Piet Van Zant came to ask coach Dave Lewis if the winning team could skip their off-ice training as their reward. Lewis said they could. Kocur turned and shouted across the arena that they could skip their off-ice training, to which Chelios pumped his arms and cheered.
Two more days left of training camp, cuts are beginning to be made before the exhibition season starts on Friday, September 20, 2002.
